My Connections to Play

                    2 Quotes that summarize what play represented for me during my childhood.

“It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents.” ~Eric Hoffer

“Play needs direction as well as work.” ~Elbert Hubbard

Resource:

www.quoteland.com

                         3 pictures of essential play items for my younger self

Pretending to play school was always fun!!!

Working on my game was a great help in my development!

Pretending I was a super star, and gaining a love for singing... something  I continue to do today. :-)

Play is totally different from when I was engaged in it as a child. I say this, because when I was younger, yes, I had a Nintendo, or a gameboy, but I also ALWAYS went outside to ride my bike, or play basketball, kickball, baseball, and so forth. I even played house, cooking (in the dirt), and much more. I used my imagination to engage myself in play. Where today, there are many children do not really go outside, and are more engaged by electronics within the home. 

Play was very influential in my life; from the times of me pretending that my bike was my car, and I always took my  parents’ parking space in our driveway, or playing house on our back porch, using my baby dolls, and cooking like my mom, but in the dirt. Play became really influential when I began to gain an interest in singing, and my mom bought me a karaoke machine that I would carry everywhere, and just sing, even if I was by myself, pretending to be performing a concert for millions of people, or when my father encouraged me to become great in basketball, by working day in and day out. If I was not introduced, nor allowed to engage myself in play, I would not me the jewel that I am today.